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Does the Hoover Dam use solar energy?
No, it produces hydro-electric energy, though solar energy was used to get the water recycled from the oceans into the dam.
Is dam water an example for potential energy?
Yes. When u use the word potential energy,it means stored energy. A water being hold in the dam above ground contains stored gravitational potential energy.
Water stored behind a dam is an example of what type of energy?
Water stored behind a dam is an example of potential energy (energy of position). As the water flows through the dam, some of the water's potential energy is converted into kinetic energy (energy of motion), which is typically further converted into electrical energy through the use of spinning magnets and coils of wire.
What are 5 examples of renewable energy?
Wind Turbines Hydroelectric (water; with the use of a dam) Geothermal energy Ocean energy (tides) Solar energy
Does the US use solar energy?
No, it produces hydro-electric energy, though solar energy was used to get the water recycled from the oceans into the dam.
The what energy of water in a dam is increased by raising the level of water behind the dam?
Potential Energy
What does hydroelectric power use?
Hydroelectricity is the use of water. Water flows through a turbine in a dam, which spins it creating kinetic energy, this is then transferred into electrical energy
What energy is stored in dam?
Potential energy
How does energy change forms as it goes from behind a dam to downstream of a dam?
potential energy that converts to kinetic energy
The Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River produces what type of energy?
A dam is used for hydroelectric energy.
Where does most of the electrical energy we use come from?
Electricity I use comes from a hydro electric dam on the Columbia River.
What kind of energy does the hover dam convert and what kind of energy does it output?
A hydroelectric dam converts part of the kinetic energy of falling water to electrical energy.
